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- UNESCO holds 4th legacy forum in Morocco
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is holding in this Moroccan mountain resort, 200 km northeast of Rabat, its 4th forum on "university and legacy" which opened this Monday. Morocco, Politics, 12/6/99 - Floods in Somalia
Flood damage inflicted on the road network in Somalia has prevented the arrival of a 120-lorry caravan loaded with foodstuffs as relief aid to the victims of starvation, just 200 km south of Mogadishu on Sunday. Somalia, Politics, 12/6/99 - African Mothers' Association at UN raises funds for Moroccan project
The United Nations African Mothers' Association (UNAMA) organized last week a fund-raising lunch to finance a training center for Moroccan disabled women and young girls. Morocco, Politics, 12/6/99 - Strategic studies institute planned
"Egypt will set up an institute for strategic studies to provide the government with the studies required for economic and social development," Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said following talks with a World Bank (WB) delegation yesterday. The institute will be established with the assistance of the WB and the Arab Development Fund (ADF). Egypt, Economics, 12/6/99 - Jordanian engineering unit destroys anti-personnel land mines
The Jordanian royal engineering unit on Sunday carried out the second stage of an operation to get rid of mines, during which some 8,000 anti-personnel land mines were destroyed. Jordan, Military, 12/6/99 - Eight persons killed in Algeria violence
Eight persons were killed in Algeria, including seven armed men who are suspected to belonging to Islamist groups, during violence in separate areas in the country during the last two days. Algeria, Local, 12/6/99 - African women arrested in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi daily al-Youm issued on Sunday said that the Saudi Authorities arrested some 29 African women, many of them carrying the AIDS virus, who entered Saudi Arabia under the pretext of performing al-Haj rituals. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/6/99 - Morocco among seeded nations in African World Cup preliminary heats
Morocco was chosen among the 25 African seeded nations for the preliminary heats of the 2002 World Cup, to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. Morocco, Sports, 12/6/99